Hospice News
JUNE 5, 2024
A slew of fraudulent hospices in California are dodging consequences by shuffling patients around between provider numbers. That’s according to multiple sources who spoke with Hospice News, expressing their concerns about patterns of fraud continuing even as government regulators crack down on the sector.
Hospice News
JULY 16, 2024
Fraudulent activity in the hospice space may be leaving some families without sufficient bereavement support. The impacts of fraudulent activity in hospice on patients and their families can be devastating,” Kraus told Hospice News. It just shocks the conscience what these fraudulent hospices are doing to people.
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Hospice News
MAY 10, 2024
AccentCare’s augmented reality (AR) hospice program has led to improved patient satisfaction and symptom management, along with benefits for staff. We’ve seen this AR program induce positive emotions for patients,” Ostashen told Hospice News. The hospice and home health provider offers care in 31 states.
GeriPal
MARCH 20, 2025
To delve into these questions, we spoke with Hope Wechkin, medical director of EvergreenHealth home hospice, who authored an article describing a process of Minimal Comfort Feeding (MCF) for patients who have expressed an interest in not wanting to live with advanced dementia. Who do you give informed consent to?
Hospice News
MARCH 4, 2024
In case you missed it, Hospice News has launched a new specialty publication for palliative care professionals. Providing education and fostering health literacy among the seriously ill, their families and surrogate decision makers is crucial to ensuring a positive patient experience in hospice care.
GeriPal
JANUARY 18, 2024
Devon, I see that you have an R21 to study concurrent prescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines, which are like the second most common thing I prescribe in combination after opioids and laxatives for people in hospice. And so, for-profit hospices, for-profit methadone clinics pop up everywhere, and their care is pretty variable.
SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast
OCTOBER 15, 2018
This national audit aimed to determine national transfusion practice in hospices and compare this against National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and British Society of Haematology guidelines to develop recommendations to improve practice.
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